Wednesday, December 5, 2018

He wore a smile and a gleam in his eye — no hiding under a hat and dark glasses — from the moment he walked on stage, and why not?

Big Ben had a gleam in his eye when reminiscing (hồi tưởng, nhớ lại, kể về quá khứ) about his childhood hero, joking Elway had such a big arm “he could throw the ball through the car wash, and it wouldn’t get wet.”

At half-time, however, the Stanley Rivers coach, Joey Chambers, brings his players in tight and, with a gleam in his eye, tells them quietly: ‘When he gets the ball next time, just let him go through.’

In just two to four weeks, Holmes should be back up and running at full speed. He is going to Inova Mount Vernon for his surgery. Around 30 other people also got chosen for free services this year. "To be able to work a full shift without any pain," Holmes said with a gleam in his eye. "To put on shoes. To bend over. To go back to school. To just enjoying my life."

Japan has an extremely convenient and efficient rail network, but in practice going out for the day involves not just riding, but plenty of walking. A 10-minute walk from your home to the nearest station is considered average, and after you get off the train, you’ve still got to hoof it to your final destination.

This makes rainy days a pain in the butt. Using public transportation means having carry a bag with whatever you need for the day, and if you’re also trying to use a map app on your smartphone to navigate Japan’s confusingly unnamed street system, you might end up without a free hand to hold an umbrella and keep the rain off yourself.

The solution, according to online retailer Dospara, is to get an umbrella you don’t need to hold. This week, the company began offering what it calls the Teburagasa, which translates to Hands-Free Umbrella.

...Of course, you can deflect any jeers by reminding people that while both condoms and the Hands-Free Umbrella are designed to block liquids, the thing you have strapped to your skull is to keep it from getting in, not spurting out. :))